The Ruling on Tribal Sectarianism

Question:
We thank Your Eminence the Shaykh for this valuable and beneficial lecture. Here are some questions. This one asks: Our honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on tribal sectarianism? We hope you will direct a word on this topic.

Answer:
Tribal sectarianism is being fanatical about opinions and being fanatical about tribes. It is fanaticism for lineage, and forgetting what Allah united the Muhajireen and the Ansar with. It is forgetting what He united the Arabs and non-Arabs with. It is forgetting what He united the free and the slaves with. It is forgetting what He united the black, the white, and the red with. And that is Islam, which this Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought.
It put an end to all the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Among them is tribal fanaticism, or fanaticism for a city, or fanaticism for a shaykh, or fanaticism for a school of jurisprudence. All these forms of fanaticism are not permissible. The obligatory thing is to seek the truth, know the truth, and follow the truth, with whomsoever it may be. This is what is obligatory upon the Muslims. Yes.